The 26 women who have helped turn fashion into the ultimate fantasy. Click here to see pictures of supermodels without makeup, and the most gorgeous celebs through the years.

Dorian Leigh

Dorian Leigh

Before informing Eileen Ford she would sign with Ford Models if the agency took her little sister Suzy Parker sight unseen, Leigh landed the cover of Bazaar at age 27 in 1944, after telling Diana Vreeland she was 19. Her wistful femininity — and five marriages — made some claim she was the real Holly Golightly.

Dovima

Dovima

The quintessential swan was a Queens housewife until she
was discovered outside a Manhattan Automat. Described by Avedon as the "last of the great elegant, aristocratic
beauties," she created
the perfect fashion storm when she posed with elephants for him